Comparison of social bookmarking sites
These are current thoughts and comparisons of various social/URL networking sites.
| Attribute | del.icio.us | furl.net | spurl.net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Since | 5/2002 | 10/2003 | 1/2004 |
| alexa rank as of 7/19/2005 | 5,246 [1] | 8,827 [2] | 11,392 [3] |
| start of rapid adoption | 11/2004 | 9/2004 | 1/2005 |
| public links | Y | Y | Y |
| private links | N | Y | Y |
| archived content | N | Y only by original user | via iarchive.org or google, maybe native |
| multiple versions of archived content | n/a | N | Y |
| unstructured categorization/tagging | Y | N | Y |
| RSS feeds of categories | Y | Y | |
| API | Y | N | N |
| open source | N | N | N |
| automatic sync | to and from del.icio.us | ||
| sovereignty | US | US | Iceland |
Reference Material:
furl.net discussions:
- 10 cool things to do with furl
- 9/23/04 Looksmart acquires furl
About furl, file sharing and copyright
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ref [1]: Alexa: del.icio.us site info
ref [2]: Alexa: furl.net site info
ref [3]: Alexa: spurl.net site info
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July 20th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Thanks for sharing this analysis. I found another good resource on social bookmarking sites here:
http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/64211
It includes lots of sites, including some of the newer ones like blinklist. It also points to some other good reviews of other sites.